Chelsea do not lack midfielders, so it is attention-grabbing Christian Falk He says the Blues might signal Kwadio Manu Kony this summer time. Graham Potter has N’Golo Kante, Denis Zakaria, Enzo Fernández, Mateo Kovacic and Conor Gallagher within the engine room, however studies counsel one other participant could also be on their radar.

Kony is an everyday at Borussia Mönchengladbach however his future is unsure on account of rising curiosity from golf equipment in Europe. PSG is one among many events reportedly eager, nevertheless Falk says about it Caught sneaking Substack columnist that the 21-year-old is ‘fascinated’ by Chelsea.

he’s writing: “Manu Kony is a participant that each league watches, which is why they got here up with this price ticket (£26.6m). Kony was an enormous fan of Didier Drogba, which explains his (Chelsea) fascination. He’s all for England.”

Kony joined Gladbach from Toulouse in 2021, and made 51 appearances in all competitions, scoring 4 objectives and aiding twice. The France Below-21 worldwide has two-and-a-half years left on his deal at Borussia Park and is a participant Gladbach would like to maintain, however is anticipated to go away on account of curiosity from overseas.

Kante’s future is unsure at Stamford Bridge after making simply two Premier League appearances this season on account of a long-term hamstring harm. His contract will expire within the coming months as properly. Zakaria made solely 5 league appearances, spending a lot of the marketing campaign on account of harm or as an unused substitute.

Gallagher performed in 21 of the 24 league matches, however began solely 10 occasions as a result of he didn’t have the complete confidence of his supervisor. Then there’s Kovacic who has began eight league video games out of a doable 24 on account of health points, so Chelsea boss Potter does not have many midfielders available regardless of loads of depth.

Kony has made 21 appearances within the Bundesliga this season, scoring 1 purpose with 1 help. The 21-year-old averages 2.7 tackles per recreation and 1.0 interceptions per recreation whereas making 1.9 profitable dribbles per recreation and finishing 86.7% of his 47.2 go makes an attempt per recreation, so it is easy to see why Chelsea would need him.

It stays to be seen whether or not the Blues made a proper transfer in Cooney’s favour, with Falk making it clear that there was no “tangible curiosity”. But it surely appears just like the midfielder can be eager to make the change and will not break the financial institution at £26.6m both.